Marites today
I am Marites, a single parent of six children.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family. I was sexually molested at the early age of 4, on top of being emotionally, verbally, and physically abused. As a result, I became jealous of good relationships. I was envious, covetous, insecure, self-centered, confused, selfish, gossipy, angry, and very bitter. I always thought that the world was so unfair and that I was always the victim.
My mom was a full-time nagger, my dad a 24/7 gambler and part-time womanizer. My mom was always in fight mode, so my dad was always in flight mode. As early as six years old, I was often left to take care of my two siblings. My mom had high expectations of me because I was the eldest, and I had to know how to perform all the household chores aside from caring for the other children. I never had a childhood myself, acting as the mother to my siblings and taking on all that responsibility. I had to think of my siblings’ needs before my own.
I was ten years old when our business went bankrupt. My mom suffered from depression, and my dad left us for another woman. I was forced to work in order to feed my siblings and face all my mom’s creditors. These creditors were enraged, cursing me for the bounced checks that my mom issued; I received many threats on her behalf.I
In school, my parents were always absent from parents’ meetings. I felt neglected and unloved. I tried to excel in academics, but my insecurities prevented me from having good relationships. I seldom smiled, tried to get attention through angry behavior, and wanted everyone to be miserable like me.
Even though I was studying, I was still forced to wake up before 4:00am to go out and work, or else a heated flat iron on my lap would wake me up on my lap, or lashes from a rubber rope would give me stripes all over my skin.
I rebelled by getting pregnant at 17 to escape from the responsibilities passed on to me and to avoid my molestors and my angry, abusive mom. I was forced to get married out of a superstition that staying unmarried would bring bad luck to the family, but I thought marriage would be my escape. I didn’t know it would be worse than I ever thought. I became a battered wife, beaten black and blue everyday by an irresponsible and alcoholic husband. I had nowhere else to go, so I stayed and tried to be strong. My family advised me to avoid having a broken home.
But after five years, I couldn’t take any more. I was hospitalized with almost broken spine and skull, hematoma (bruises) all over my body, and an X mark on my face. I almost lost all my fingers in self-defense, grabbing the knife that my husband had used to destroy my face.
I hid myself from him and lived in fear of being killed. Many guys offered me a good and comfortable life; I became dependent on relationships and jumped from one to another. Then, I gave in to a married man and became his mistress. He was a surgeon and so very able to provide. He was very gentle and took care of me. I thought we really loved each other; he considered me and the four children we had together his 2nd family. I thought everything was okay.
Although I knew it was immoral to become a mistress, I felt my actions were justified because my family was getting financial help. I believed that if I didn’t ask for counsel from anyone — who cared? Everyone makes mistakes.
I never prayed; I knew God as judgmental and perfectionist. He would just punish me for my sin and condemn me to hell. Why should I pray if it will just go to the trash? It was a waste of time and effort for me. I expected to just pray on my deathbed and confess to a priest with my last breath.
I used material things to pretend I was happy, but deep in myself, I was screaming for help. I tried everything to overcome my emptiness: going to casinos and bars, shopping, and engaging in sex and pornography. I also went to a psychiatrist because I suffered from depression.
But God loves me so much; he heard my silent cry. I heard the gospel in a moment of boredom and found myself thirsting for more. I attended Christian worship services and then accepted Christ as my Lord and Saviour.
The problems did not end right there and then, though. I felt convicted and suddenly had the fear of death. It gave me sleepless nights. I became dependent on sleeping pills to buy just three hours of sleep.
And, I couldn’t give up my comfortable life. My greatest fear was to become poor again. I could afford to live simply, but I couldn’t compromise my four kids’ future. My two older children from my previous relationship came back to me, bringing the total to six kids.
One night, I had an anxiety attack. I couldn’t breathe. I knew I was dying. With my last breath, I cried out to God and begged for another chance to live. In return, I would straighten up my life.
God is good and listened to my prayer. I was so afraid and confused; I didn’t know how to start fulfilling my promise. God then talked to me by showing two roads in a dream. I had to choose. The first road was very pleasing to the eyes and filled with flowers. The second road was so dark. But there, Jesus would walk with me and uphold me each time I fell.
I talked to the surgeon and tried to end the relationship. I asked him to support the kids and set me free, but he refused because, he said, we were his second family. On God’s prompting, I called his wife, and he became extremely angry with me. He believed I had replaced him with another man and threatened to take our 4 kids from me. I was jobless then (2004) and had a four-month-old baby and children aged three, five, six, 12, and 14. I was financially incapable of raising them all. I cried and asked God to help me have the custody of my children; I would lose my mind if they would be taken from me.
I was already attending CCF then, and God spoke to me through Jeremiah 33:3 — “Call unto Me and I will answer and I will show you great and mighty things you do not know.”
One day, the surgeon and his wife visited the four younger kids and brought some stuff that they needed. I thought everything would go smoothly. On the contrary, it resulted in a heated argument and then violence. I was brutally battered in front of my five-year-old son. I was slapped, had my head hit against the wall, and almost choked me to death. The wife boxed, kicked, and poked my head. Thank God I was able to cry for help.
The couple escaped and filed a case against me to protect their reputation. They claimed I beat them both. I never thought of filing a case against them and just reported the incident to the police. God led me all throughout the process, from the police to the hospital, securing all the evidence I needed if anything happened.
It is not easy to follow Jesus. I asked God, “Why did You allow them to hurt me, when all I want is to follow your command to stop being a mistress?” I really couldn’t understand.
My five-year-old son blamed himself for being so small and unable to help me during the attack. My kids suddenly stopped talking and were all traumatized by the fear of losing their dad and the comfortable life they were used to.
At CCF, I learned to pray and read the bible. I drew my strength from the Scripture each time I felt low. I learned to sing praises all the time, even when we had nothing to eat. God said that life is more important than the food we eat and clothes we wear. I finished reading the entire bible in less than 6 months. I discovered the mighty works of God and that He is so forgiving, merciful, loving, and faithful to His promises. I applied the Word to my life.
Then, I tested God’s pomise in Malachi 3:10-12. He promised to return all my tithes and offerings pressed down, shaken together, and running over, and he would open the windows of heaven and bless my health, work, and home. People would call me blessed.
I gave my tithes from everything I received. I heard from Pastor Joby Soriano the story of a farmer crying while planting his very last seeds, trusting God for the outcome. I had my last ₱1000 with me at the time and put it in the tithe box. That meant my kids would have nothing to eat. But I planted it as a seed. I said to myself, “If I keep the ₱1000 in my wallet, it is not enough, even for a week. But I will plant this and trust God to provide for our needs.”
God’s promise is true. He opens the windows of heaven. If I prayed for milk for my baby, three months’ supply of milk for my six kids will arrive, specially delivered by a stranger. I even had some to share with the needy. I was jobless for two years, and God provided for me and for my kids. I never begged nor asked from anyone else. I just applied Philippians 4:6-7; I told God all my needs through prayer and thanked Him for His answers.
There was a time when four of the kids got sick almost every week. I begged for a bottle of medicine from their father, but he refused to help. I cried to God and said, “I know You can change his heart, but you hardened it. Although it’s so painful, I will still thank and praise You because I love You.” Then, my 4 kids were miraculuously healed! I realized that God was teaching me a very powerful prayer: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 — “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
God burdened me to give love to street children through the Backstreet Kids ministry. I believe teaching them about God’s love and loving them will help prevent them from becoming criminals someday. God also taught me to be compassionate and called me to become a caregiver for the sick. I volunteered in a hospital and shared the gospel at the same time. I also used to criticize men in uniform and call them names. God led me to participate in and volunteer for the first batch of the Philippine National Police – Purpose-Driven Life ministry. God opened my eyes and helped me to see that these men and women risked their lives for our safety in exchange for a small salary and few benefits. So now, I look at them with compassion and respect.
I was happy but not completely joyful. I still needed some healing.
Court proceedings troubled me. I shook in fear and couldn’t eat. The surgeon and his wife wanted my downfall. The court had decided in my favor before; now the couple was using their money and connections to reverse the decision. I trusted God to be my defender and lawyer. The case they filed against me was dismissed, but the cases filed by the police continued (the doctor was charged with violence against women and children. His wife was charged with physical injury). I could not afford to hire a good lawyer, so I was advised to dismiss the case in exchange for support for my kids. God told me to give up my rights, forgive them, and fully trust Him, so I obeyed.
I realized that if God had not allowed the couple to physically attack me, there would be no record of their violence, and I could have lost custody of the kids. Not only did God answer my prayer to keep my kids, but he also provided for them. The couple would be obliged to give support in exchange for the dismissal of the criminal cases.
God’s thoughts and ways are different from ours. The court order was delayed for two years because the couple had taken the documents. I kept quiet and handed it all to God. We were driven away from the house the surgeon had bought for his four kids with me. People advised me to fight for my kids’ rights and stay put in the house. But God said, “Let go and trust Me,” and I obeyed.
In 2006, I joined a D-Group, and soon, many people were praying for me and the kids. God blessed me w/ a good job. I learned many things about His faithfulness and how to be a good mother. My kids recovered from the trauma, by the grace of God, and with the help of Sunday school teachers who patiently and lovingly taught them about their loving Heavenly Father. My kids are now talking again and excelling in school. (God bless you, Sunday school teachers!)
I thought a tall and handsome guy would be the answer to my prayers, and I planned to remarry. But God said, “No,” so I obeyed. God himself provided for me and comforted me each time I longed for someone. God revealed Himself to me as the best Husband and Father of my fatherless children.
God said to me, “You cannot give what you don’t have,” and led me to join the Glorious Hope program. I knew there was something in me that needed healing and recovery. The program helped me to see my defects and strengths. All my life, I thought I was a victim. Now, I had learned to forgive and accept my past, not with bitterness, but with a thankful heart, allowing God to heal me. I prayed to God to make a way for me to be able to ask for forgiveness from the couple I had harmed by being a mistress.
But then, I was framed. The dismissed case had been reopened; the couple still wanted to reverse the court’s decision. Still, God is so good. I was able to attend the hearing and took the opportunity to humbly ask the couple for forgiveness. I was mocked, humiliated and unforgiven. But God covered me w/ His loving arms, comforted me, and kept me still; I didn’t fight back. By the grace of God, I was free from the curse of unforgiveness. I did my part; the battle was the Lord’s. Fear left me; I fully trusted God to defend me against all their plans to hurt me and my children. I simply chose to trust God and forgive.
Once again, the case was dismissed! And the couple has been compelled to give the kids financial support.
Now, I am happy and content serving God with pure joy. God’s plan and timing is perfect. I have no regrets. I thank God for those hardships. He is using me now to encourage the weak and the hurting. He is so faithful to His promises — he held me up each time I fell, just as he had promised in my dream — and His word shall stand forever.
I am still a work in progress and need a lot of prayers. My prayer is for God to use me, lead me, and guide me where to go and what to say. I pray that I can glorify God and do what he wants, that even after my death, I will never stop glorifying His name.
God is so good all the time! He revealed Himself to me as my provider, husband, Father of my fatherless, healer, defender, lawyer, peace, refuge, rock, strength, and comforter. He is my everything!
Truly, as Romans 8:28 says, “All things work together for the good of those who love God and who are called according to His purpose.” To God be all the glory!
64 Responses
What a powerful testimony of God’s love, provision and restoration. God bless you, Marites, as you continue to trust in Him who heals and strengthens you.
Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Thanks for sharing you are truly instrument of God to others. God bless you and your family.
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Thank you for sharing, God be with you always and your kids, To God be the Glory
God Bless
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Thank you for your message, I’m grateful to see God works in your life. May He bless you and your family.
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 8:07 am
thank God for you…really God works in a very different ways….
indeed you are blessed….
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am
PRAISE GOD!!!
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
May God continue to bless and provide for you and your family. Stay strong and always hope in the Lord. I will include you in our prayers.
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Your story is such a powerful testimony of God’s love and grace. I’m very excited to hear how God will use you more in the expansion of His kingdom. May you continually obey Him by faith and not by sight. The best is yet to come.
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Truly God is so marvelous in many ways! I am deeply touched and inspired by your testimony of God`s love and grace. May God continue to use you and bless you and your family!
Posted on June 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
God is faithful! Glorious! and reign forever more!
His love endures forever!
Great is His name!
Jesus Christ our Lord and savior!
Posted on June 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Praise be to our Father!
Indeed, He is our help, our refuge, our healer.. He is our everything.
Thank you for sharing your testimony. I was encouraged and blessed and reminded of God’s greatness. May God bless you and your family!!!
Posted on June 28th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
May your life be blessed beyond your expectations as you walk the Road less Travelled. Hope to meet you one of these days in CCF.
Posted on June 28th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
His greatness deserves all the praises and all the honors. Tears fell down while reading your testimony I thought the financial problems we were experiencing are extreme. Thank you I was encouraged and enlightened, I see how God works and provides . To God be all the Glory!
Posted on June 28th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
God indeed works in mysterious, wonderful way! Sometimes we tend to focus on the closed door that we do not see the open windows…May God continue to bless you and your kids, Marites! God be praised!!!
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 10:23 am
It took a lot for you to come forward and confuse all that has happened in your life. I was sitting around whining about my situation when I read your story and realized I haven’t been through anything yet. Your testimony is really a blessing for all and should give others the courage to come forward and just trust in God. Thanks for the blessing I received through your confusion!
If I can contact you somehow, I would love to send financial blessing for you and your kids.
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 11:14 am
PRAISE GOD!!!
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Your story inspires me. I’m a Sunday school teacher and i constantly think about having 1.5hours only a week to be with the kids, limited time to share my joy and tell them about Jesus. Many thanks and God bless you!
Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 1:52 pm
God is good all the time!!!
Your testimony is indeed an encouragement to us.
God bless you and may you continuously delight in the Lord..☺
Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 9:51 pm
God is truly amazing!
Your testimony is such a blessing to many.
May you continue to shine for Jesus and be an inspiration to everyone.
God’s favor upon you and your children.
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 am
What a powerful testimony! What you did in obedience to God’s call is really faith in action. May you always draw strength from the Lord as you press on towards the prize. Will continue to pray for you and your children.
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Thanks for sharing your testimony.. God is really our Great Father. His love is absolute.. .. in Him alone we are complete.. …May you continue in serving the Lord.. God bless you and your children..
I am really inspired..
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Praise God! I pray that He will generously pour out his blessings to you & to your children as you continue to walk with Him in your journey to Life. May God continously be glorified through you. God Bless!
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
Thank you for sharing your story. Truly God is good and knows what’s best for His children!
May you be continually blessed and provided with God’s unselfish love.
To God be the glory!
Posted on July 5th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Thank you for that wonderful testimony. Your testimony is a proof of God’s countless miracles. God bless you and and the kids as well. To God be the glory!
Posted on July 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Whew!
What a testimony! God is really an awesome God. He alone is our great provider and protector. Be strong, May God continue to bless you and your kids and strengthen your faith.
Posted on July 6th, 2009 at 3:29 am
God truly is a God of miracles and second chances! May God bless you and your family more, especially your little ones. Keep up the faith! We are truly so blessed by your sharing.
Posted on July 6th, 2009 at 8:21 am
God can truly restore and redeem all who walk in His ways. Thank you for being faithful to the Lord even if the path seems dim and rough. The Lord has you in the palm of His hands. I will pray for you and your family.
Posted on July 6th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Sister Marites,I thank God for giving you the courage to seek first His kingdom and His Righteousness and see that He is true to His promises…He gives all these things to you as well….To God Alone be the glory….Soli Deo Gloria!!!May your kids serve God as long as they live…continue to fight the good fight of faith.Hope to see you.
Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Praise God for your story, Marites! I am truly blessed by your courage to obey God even when you don’t know where He would lead you and you want to do otherwise… You allowed God to freely work in your life, and now your life is an instrument of God to reach out to others! God bless you and your kids more!
Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Cool!
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Hi Marites,
I can’t help but cry while reading your testimony. I though my problems are bigger that anybody else , but after i read your story, i was so guilty in front of God that i have been complaining with the problems i have for now, which is too petty compared to wha tyou have been through.
I want to thank God for using your life as a living testimony for God’s goodness and love. God Bless you!
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Purihin and Diyos!!!! sa buhay mo Ate Tess
Siya ang may control ng lahat alam ko marami pang KABAYAN ang tatawagin ng Diyos dahil sa buhay Mo.
Pagpalain po kayo ni Kristo Hesus (Heb. 12:2)
Posted on July 9th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Indeed you are so blessed Marites. A contemporary love story of God and man. To God be the glory!
Posted on July 9th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
God bless you Maritess. Btw, I wanted to know when this testimony was given. I wanted to use this in our bible study in the office . it is so powerful, it will change the outlook in life of many and cause them to count their blessings.
Posted on July 10th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
All Praise to our Father. Just think where u would b now if u didn’t hear Him. There’s many out there waiting for u to touch them with ur wisdom.
U have a deep and painful wisdom that u are able to share. I see many comming to the lord throught ur wisdom. U are a very blessed lady. Your joy is comming.
Posted on July 12th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
i praise God for everything i have been through. He gave me endurance and to thank Him for all problems i am going through. this is my prayer- that i will glorify Him even after i die. i am so blessed reading all your comments giving glory to the AUTHOR of our lives. He is indeed making our lives beautiful in His time. i am going through another problem now, but i know, in every problem is another opportunity to see God’s loving arms. another miracle that i will witness and share to others. God is now answering my prayer by fixing my parents’ relationship. my dad is more than a month in the hospital now and i can see God fixing his heart.
God is awesome! let us always count our blessings and see these problems as gifts from God! praise and all glory be unto Him alone!
Posted on July 13th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Praise God! God is truly powerful in every ways.
Posted on July 15th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
dear ms. maritess,
thank you for your truly inspiring story! your life really magnifies the love of Jesus and how blessed we are to see His marvelous works in your life! at the end of the day, it’s all about Him, and i praise His name all the more today because of His grace and love for you and because of the most unusual ways He worked in your life! may you continue to shine for Jesus and may you continue to live daily in His comforting arms. your life is the real deal, the reality of God’s power and love! may He continue to shower you and your family with more of His blessings as He uses your life to touch others.i pray that more people will get to read the inspiring stories of the changed lives here at CCF! God bless CCF!
Posted on July 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am
You were made to walk in the tunnel of darkness for you to see the light at the end. Indeed, God has chosen you to set an example for others that life is not a circus but a tedious journey for the greater glory of God. After all, we are not here to live but to die in order to be with God in heaven.
God Bless you and your family.
Posted on July 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
god bless you and your family, really god make a way for everything, in any circumtances, he is there to guide us, thank you lord
Posted on July 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I’m so blessed by reading your testimony. Thanks for sharing. Jesus is so awesome !! God bless you and your kids !
Posted on July 19th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Sister Marites,
I was blessed after reading your story and my tears coming out when I reading several comments and feedbacks. God really forgives and forget all those sins you have committed. He restored your life and open a new life – now a bible believing Christian, you are now experiencing unpected love, care, help, prayer from everybody and abundance of blessings from God. The Lord truly changed your life from darkness to shining light. You are a testimony and a blessing to others with your true-to-life story. Stay foot at the Kingdom of God (church where you serving), serve him faithfully, always trust and obey the Lord, he will make your life with a clear vision 20/20. I hope and pray God will also change the heart of your father, mother and the couple as well. You will be the light and salt in your family and to others. Please read Psalm 3:6-5 as devotional guide and continue reading the Bible. Continue serving the Lord. God bless you & all your kids. Hope to see you in God’s time & place – HEAVEN.
Posted on July 21st, 2009 at 4:06 am
thank you for your prayers. i truly believe in the power of prayers. my mom is now taking care of my dad and showing her loving ways inspite of the hurts she received. she is now serving her for the Lord. my dad, although still having a tug of war inside him,is being diciplined by the Lord. my family is being fixed by God as i always pray. i have a good relationship w/ my mom for i give her comfort each time she feels the pain of her past. i always groan in prayer to God for their transformation. me and my mom is so close now and i understand why she became too angry. it is because of the pains of her past. she was also abused like me and was so hurt by my dad. i love her so much now. my dad is still in the hospital but by God’s grace, he is scheduled to be discharged. he was not amputated and God gave him another chance to repent and serve Him.
i thank God for every problem….i trust His heart..i will include you all in our prayers.
Godbless you all!
Posted on July 21st, 2009 at 11:05 am
if we will just look beyond what human eyes can see, we will see God’s loving ways of answering our prayers. if we truly love God and trust Him for WHO HE is, we will never ceaze thanking Him. my heart sings praises even when times get so tough. i know that my loving father will never let me get hurt. everything that happens, He ordains for my good. i know How He loved us so much. painful experiences happens and while we are crying-HE is crying and carrying us on His back. cheer up cuz we have a very LOVING FATHER……
even when you wanna give up, just thank Him…give your life to Him…this life belongs to Him anyway….. i have no desires in this world, for this is not my world…i only want to help those who are hurting and suffering because,they don’t know the love and power of God. i will share to them and hold their hand…telling them that JESUS loves them….let us join our hearts and hands to feed the hungry w/ the LIVING WATER……..
Posted on July 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am
GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!! Thank you for sharing..God bless you and your kids!
Posted on July 28th, 2009 at 7:43 am
hi marites,.
i am so amazed of what you have been through that this made me cry. i just can imagine how painful it was. i am at a crossroad now and your testimony inspires me to move on and continue trusting God. your testimony opens my eyes. i am so awe of God’s work in your life. You encourage many people. as i read comments, i know God has a purpose for you and for us readers. you will be in my prayers too. i am going out of the country next month and i wish to share your testimony to old and new friends there. how can have have the copy? can u possibly email me one? how can i gvie u my email address? My love and prayers goes to you and your children…Indeed, nothing is impossible with God!
Posted on July 28th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Hello, Gee.
Use your mouse to select all the text in Maritess’s testimony. Edit -> Copy. Then open up Word or Notepad and Edit -> Paste. Save the file.
God bless!
Posted on July 28th, 2009 at 8:01 am
hi Katrina!
thank you for your kindness for helping me posting my testimony and also,for helping gee on how she can get a copy of my testimony. you are a blessing from God!
may God continue to bless you and your lovedones…
Posted on July 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Hi Trish
What an awesome testimony of God’s faithfullness. His mercy endures forever.When we forgive as Christ has forgiven us, healing comes not only in our physical body but also in our emotion. The enemy is defeated and they no longer have control over us. I thank God for you. I thank our Lord Jesus Christ for allowing me to know you.I thank God for the heart of compassion and love for the poor and the needy He has given you.Continue to march towards the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus. I pray that our dear Lord Jesus Christ will allow me to meet you and your dear children and that He will allow me to minister alongside you the love of JESUS to the poor and the needy. It will be a great privelege and a very humbling experience.
Posted on July 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
thank u for ur sharing. i felt hurt when i read ur testimony.God is good all the time!!! God bless u and ur kids!!!
Posted on August 2nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
hi marites,
thank you for such a great encouragement,after reading all your life testimony and how God touched your life,i felt that ,what problem i am into now, is so far from what you have had…PRAISE GOD….REALLY IS HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER…AND HIS PROMISES ARE TRUE…GOD BLESS YOU MORE
Posted on August 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
PRAISE THE LORD. What a powerful testimony! God bless you!
Posted on August 4th, 2009 at 11:13 am
GLORY TO THE LIVING GOD
IBANG KLASENG PATOTOO ITO, GOD IS AWESOME, LALAKI AKO PERO BUMUHOS ANG LUHA KO. NAKAKA INSPIRE AT NAKAKA UPLIFT NG SPIRIT.
GOD WILL BLESS YOU MORE SISTER
AS OUR BROTHER IVAN SAID IN HIS TESTIMONY, THE BEST IS NOT YET TO COME.
MARAMI PANG GAGAWIN SI LORD SA BUHAY MO.
GOD BLESS YOU AND UR FAMILY
Posted on August 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
God is simply amazing! I was truly blessed by God’s story in your life, Maritess. Just press on sister…its only the first few steps towards Christ…ang medyo mahirap pero masasanay ka rin kung magpapatuloy ka sa paglakad ayon sa Kanyang kalooban. I once read a quotation in an old issue of RBC’s Our Daily Bread and it says like this….”An empty mind is the workshop of the devil.” Ang maipapayo ko lang kapatid na Maritess ay tuloy-tuloy na ugnayan mo sa ating Panginoon. Huwag mong kaliligtaan ang iyong Dgroup and then choose a ministry that will fit with your talent and time without compromising your duties with your family, that way, the devil will be deprived of a chance in your life again. God bless you, Maritess!
Posted on August 9th, 2009 at 5:36 am
“But God loves me so much; he heard my silent cry. I heard the gospel in a moment of boredom and found myself thirsting for more.”
Dear Trish, the Lord loves you more than you know…
Lord, Your mercy and goodness is more than we can comprehend. The sufferings you endured for Trish and myself in Your life and death on our behalf, is beyond our understanding. Do we deserve it my more than our neighbor?
There are so many reasons why He loves you the way He does, Trish…
Because He says, “You DID NOT choose Me, but I chose you and appointed YOU.” – John:15:16
Because He says, “I have loved you with an EVERLASTING love (no beginning or end), therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn YOU.” – Jer.31:3
Because He was a Man of sorrows acquainted with YOUR grief and Who carried YOUR sorrows – Isa.53:4
Because He was smitten, afflicted and wounded for YOUR transgressions – Isa.53:4
Because He was pierced through and bruised (crushed) for YOUR iniquities. – Isa.53:5
Because it was by His stripes (beatings) YOU were healed. – Isa.53:5
Because He was led as a lamb to the slaughter FOR YOU. – Isa.53:7
Because He was cut off from the land of the living FOR YOU – Isa.57:8
Because of the transgression of HIS PEOPLE, He was stricken for YOU. – Isa.53:8
Because it pleased the Lord to bruise (crush) Him FOR YOU. – Isa.53:10
Because the Lord made HIS SOUL an OFFERING (sacrifice) for sin, FOR YOU – Isa.53:10
Because by His knowledge My righteous Servant SHALL JUSTIFY many {YOU}. – Isa.53:11
Because He poured out His SOUL unto death {FOR YOU}. – Isa.53:12
Because He BORE THE SIN of many, which INCLUDED YOU. – Isa.53:12
Because He said, “I will declare Your name to My brethren,” and HE DID – Psalm 22:22
Because He HAS NOT despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted. – Psalm 22:24
Because the Lord is NEAR TO THOSE who have a broken heart, and SAVES SUCH as have a contrite spirit (literally, “are crushed in spirit) – Psalm 34:18 (And how your heart was broken for so long).
Because He is YOUR shepherd and I shall not want (lack) – Psalm 23:1
Because He restores YOUR soul and LEADS YOU in the paths of righteousness – Psalm 23:3
Because though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will FEAR NO EVIL, for He is with YOU – Psalm 23:4
Because His goodness and mercy shall follow me ALL THE DAYS of my life. – Psalm 23:6
And because I will DWELL WITH HIM in the house of the Lord FOREVER. – Psalm 23:6
This is love beyond our understanding, and comprehension. It is love so undeserving. Do we have any reason to boast? Do we understand this at all? Do we deserve these things any more than someone else who doesn’t know Him?
“But GOD, who is RICH in mercy, because of His GREAT LOVE with which He loves US, even when we ARE DEAD in trespasses, made us ALIVE together with Christ (by GRACE you have been saved).” (Eph.2:1-5).
For, “BEHOLD, what manner OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED ON US, that we should be called the children of God?” (I John 3:1).
The love of God for His people, His saints. All those made so painfully aware of their sins as he prepares their hearts; who come in brokenness for pardon, and forgiveness, when they hear Him say – “COME UNTO ME ALL YE WHO LABOR, AND ARE HEAVY LADENED, and I will give you rest.”
A saving love, given to a people who deserve none of it, but refuse all of it, until the LOVE OF GOD moves in their hearts.
“God then talked to me by showing two roads in a dream. I had to choose. The first road was very pleasing to the eyes and filled with flowers. The second road was so dark. But there, Jesus would walk with me and uphold me each time I fell.”
Yes, Trish, He has promised He always will – Because though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will FEAR NO EVIL, for He is with YOU – Psalm 23:4
“I discovered the mighty works of God and that He is so forgiving, merciful, loving, and faithful to His promises.”
I’m reminded of what Paul wrote to the Philippians from the Amplified Bible –
“[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]
That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]” (Phil.3:10).
It blesses my heart so much, Trish, to see you in the love and care of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Bob
Posted on August 13th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
If we endure, We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
(II Tim.2:11-13)
Posted on August 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
“Praise and glory to our Lord Almighty” God surely showed you how much He loves you.
I believe He will never put an end to giving you all the needed requirements for you to continually praise him and for all your hurt healing testimonies!
God is truly a great and awesome God.
May Our Lord God guide you in your walk with him all the days of your life.
Posted on August 19th, 2009 at 1:57 am
To God be all the Glory!!!
Posted on August 19th, 2009 at 1:59 am
God is good Trish. We sure live in a fallen world though! All the more blessings on your 7 wonderful children and you! The best is yet to come in your life! The Lord always has a plan and a purpose! Your American brother in Christ, Thomas
Posted on August 24th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
hi thomas,
i only have 6 biological children. the other 1 is my cousin whom i took from the province to help her finish school.
Godbless
Posted on August 28th, 2009 at 10:12 am
This is one of the most powerful testimonies I have read! God’s grace is truly displayed in her life. God bless.
Posted on October 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am
thank your for taking the time to write this powerful testimony.
To God Be The Glory!
Posted on October 20th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I can relate to you somehow & I praise God for His loving mercies. May we continue to run the race He has set before us & bring glory to His name. Our Heavenly Father knows & loves us the most. We are secure because we are His daughters. Keep on loving & following Jesus. Thank you for sharing what God has done in your life
Posted on October 22nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
God taught me a wonderful prayer today
Thank You Lord for Your goodness to me and my fatherless.
Thank You Lord for saving all my lovedones,relatives,friends and all people you entrusted to me and You led me to talk to.
Thank You for this life.
I offer You my time,years and all my efforts.
Help me use this lifetime to give glory to Your Name alone…not myself.
Help me overcome all my weaknesses and remove all my character defects so i won’t hurt You.
Take away all my impurities so i won’t be a stumbling block to anybody.
Reveal to me what You want me to learn in every situation and help me learn what You want me to learn.
Break my heart everytime it breaks Yours.
Fill me with so much love to give to others.
Work Your plan through me and bear much fruits.
Bless others as You have blessed me.
Cut the chains that attaches me to this world….
HERE i am….SEND me…!!
Posted on December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
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